February 03, 1988
(vol. 98, iss. 86)
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… Palestinian Solidarity said. the General Union o Unlike Bennoune, who has no Students, and the As Palestinian background, Sami Arab American Esmail is a former Palestinian who Graduates. The Michigan Daily…
… last summer, where policies "racism." she stayed and Birzeit University Esmail said the Un with other international students and unjust in continuing did volunteer work in a refugee Israel with its…
… annual camp. unrestricted aid. Near the end of Bennoune's stay, Both speakers the students held a non-violent international peace conf demonstration in front of the U.S. would include Palesti Consulate…
…. The area was sealed off Israeli leaders, and the and the students were told to cross was the only attempt the street to leave U.S. property, she would have any ef said. Bennoune described how the…
… situation. students were beaten with the butts But the speakers r of guns and wooden batons. neither the Palestinia AFTER unsuccessfully seeking Organization nor the S assistance from the Consulate, recognize…
… the lack of religious freedom in Nicaragua. By RYAN TUTAK The Michigan Student Assembly easily passed a resolution last night condemning a University report which proposes to punish two students for…
… airing allegedly racist jokes last February on campus radio station WJJX. The report recommends that the two students, LSA graduate Ted Sevransky and LSA sophomore Peter Gonzalez, apologize for the…
… incident and perform community services. If the report is approved, the students would also be put on academic probation. THE RESOLUTION, which passed 21-1 with one abstention, states that the report is…
… "biased" because students were not involved in formulating it. The resolution, submitted by the MSA Student Rights Committee, also states the report is irrelevant because both students have apologized for…
… the incident; Gonzalez has performed community service, and Sevransky graduated last spring. Students Rights Committee Chair Michael Phillips, an LSA junior, said the report was "racist" because…